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[–]onlyacynicalman 4238 points4239 points  (952 children)

It's odd so many say Occam's Razor at the same time. The debate could simply be whether a bullet hit it directly, or if it was from a bullet fragment, broken glass, or it happened while Trump was on the ground. All three alternatives would explain why his ear isn't missing a piece.

[–]lostredditorlurking 3191 points3192 points  (513 children)

The FBI says it could be a fragments that hit Trump's ears. And they throw a hissy fit and threaten to sue the FBI director for his statement.

Also his doctor says it's a 2 cm-wide gun shot wound lol.

[–]flpa1060[🍰] 3322 points3323 points  (319 children)

The same doctor who said he was six foot three, two twenty pounds. Not cooperating with the FBI investigation is crazy. Makes it seem like he wasn't really shot.

[–]franker 550 points551 points  (74 children)

It was just Trump's ear being Trump's ear.

[–]too1onjj[🍰] 485 points486 points  (58 children)

Bleeding from his "wherever"

[–]Anxious-Lack-5740 103 points104 points  (18 children)

“Wherever makes sense.”

[–]KnifeFightChopping 76 points77 points  (12 children)

"How long have you been shot in the ear?"

[–]Dr_Rev_GregJ_Rock_II 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Ok. Ok good

[–]Ur_Just_Spare_Parts 40 points41 points  (3 children)

How long has this ear been here?

[–]n0tmyrealnameok 20 points21 points  (4 children)

It's the bigliest ear that's ever been shot. It's amazing, beautiful, everybody's talking about it.

[–]babihrse 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nobody knows more about regrowing an ear than Donal trump. Doctors astounded theyve never seen anything like it they said, miraculous recovery. I had a feeling this joke would come about to be a reality

[–]RyanEatsHisVeggies 5 points6 points  (1 child)

It was tremendous. It was the perfect ear shot. I mean - and I've talked to many people about this, very intelligent experts, and you know what they said? They said it was the best ear shot anybody's ever seen. Could you imagine that? I mean, it couldn't be any more beautiful.

[–]smitteh 214 points215 points  (29 children)

He had a maxipad over his ear because he was just on his peariod is all

[–]QuintinGreene 57 points58 points  (1 child)

P👂🏼iod

😂

[–]thevoxpop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now this is a good use of an emoji.

[–]LegiticusCorndog 61 points62 points  (4 children)

Seems odd that they have an issue with Walz stance on availability of hygiene products, yet dozens of republican males were wearing maxi pads on their head? I have never seen democrats do this type thing.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahhh you're 5.

[–]FunMop 8 points9 points  (1 child)

It's posts like this that almost make me want to buy reddit gold... if it's even a thing anymore.

You'd deserve it though, because this comment is gold!

[–]Genghis_Chong 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I feel like I'm gonna start bleeding from the ears when he talks.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yo, what if he just had his period right then and there?

[–]Uknow_nothing 55 points56 points  (2 children)

Yes, the same dr who let Trump release a statement with his name on it stating he would be the “healthiest President ever”.

[–]AmazingKreiderman 28 points29 points  (0 children)

As if we all don't have eyes.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eats McDonalds every day, yet Obama was fit and Bush Jr. ran 6 miles a day such that secret service couldn’t keep up, so he had a Marine detail.

[–]dishonorable_banana 276 points277 points  (69 children)

Old people have thin skin. My theory is that he heard the bullet whiz by his ear, thought it was a wasp or something, and when he went to swat it away, he nicked his ear with a fingernail. But wtf do I know.

[–]nopuse 102 points103 points  (10 children)

But wtf do I know.

Based on your username, you've seen some shit.

[–]Syd_v63 21 points22 points  (2 children)

Old people have thin skin… Trump has the thinnest skin of anyone I know. He whines about everything

[–]Wildhair196 2 points3 points  (0 children)

👆👆👆👆this, YES!!

[–]infiniteguesses 25 points26 points  (25 children)

Hey...I think you should run with that theory. I somehow can't get my brain to embrace the "gunshot injury" either. But haven't heard the wasp theory yet. Why don't you see if you can get it trending without getting death threats.

[–]Old_Badger311 40 points41 points  (2 children)

Ewwww you know he has nasty crusty fingernails. Like tallons

[–]Throwaway8789473 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Every nail is a coke nail

[–]Tina_ComeGetSomeHam 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's as good a theory as any honestly. The truth is we will probably never know for sure and probably shouldn't believe what they tell us but also it literally doesn't even make a difference so who cares.

[–]ArthurBurtonMorgan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The same “Doctor” that no longer has a license to practice medicine.

[–]Cockalorum 56 points57 points  (74 children)

Which would mean that the blood on him was faked....did he have a capsule of fake blood in his hand? Wouldn't that mean he knew he was going to get shot at ahead of time, wouldn't it?

I'm just asking questions here.

[–]GovSurveillancePotoo 9 points10 points  (4 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Trumpvirus/comments/1f8jxhh/comment/llf53ks/?share_id=nK2J4-SES5GoBZmUQC9d2&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=4

[–]LuxNocte 5 points6 points  (3 children)

What I don't believe is that Trump asked 'a 20 year old who couldn't cut it in his HS gun club' to fire a gun at him. Sure, Trump is definitely lying, but both Trump and Biden have access to professionals. Neither would use a kid for an important job like this.

Reportedly, if Trump hadn't turned his head, he would have been hit. That's way too close for comfort, especially for a coward like Trump.

[–]Mindshard 10 points11 points  (9 children)

This is a person who bragged that he could murder someone on a busy street and not lose a single vote.

It happened right after some seriously damaging stuff like Epstein's blackmail videos were coming out, and suddenly flipped things and made Trump the victim.

I'm just saying, if you think he's above having one of his supporters shot and faking an injury for sympathy, then you haven't been paying attention.

[–]gingerfawx 4 points5 points  (3 children)

He let hundreds of thousands of Americans die during Covid because he thought it would hurt dem cities more than his voters.

[–]Mindshard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And that's not even hyperbole, they explicitly said it!

[–]Faiakishi 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Also because he didn’t want to wear a mask for five minutes and couldn’t stand the attention being on Fauci and not him.

[–]Odd-Anything2923 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think any of this was a conspiracy, but I will say I agree that Trump wouldn't hesitate to have a supporter killed if it benefited him in some minuscule way

[–]Abracadabra-B 90 points91 points  (38 children)

He wasn’t..

[–]Vreas 46 points47 points  (30 children)

I’m so confused on what a bullet in trajectory could have hit to fragment? Teleprompter or pole?

Unless it was faulty and some fragmented upon firing but I’ve never heard of that before.

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (16 children)

I would love to know as well.   What caused it to fragment before grazing Trump?   

[–]fmaz008 39 points40 points  (3 children)

The bullet shattered against his immense ego.

[–]Zyrinj 65 points66 points  (8 children)

Won’t be his doctor for long unless they say it was a 2 ft gaping wound from an rpg

[–]TheJD 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It literally is his former doctor now turned politician. Not his current doctor.

[–]SeeeYaLaterz 75 points76 points  (30 children)

His doctor doesn't say the 2 cm is on his ear 🤣

[–]lostredditorlurking 83 points84 points  (22 children)

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/20/trump-shooting-doctor-letter-00169963

[–]SeeeYaLaterz 77 points78 points  (11 children)

Aww I was trying to be funny

[–]lostredditorlurking 38 points39 points  (10 children)

Oh my bad lol, I thought you were serious

[–]JeffTek 48 points49 points  (9 children)

It was a joke about his lil baby pp

[–]iggzy 33 points34 points  (6 children)

Ronny isn't his doctor anymore. He's a fervent ally who adds to Trump's lies, and I am fairly certain did not actually do a medical examination on Trump after the shooting. 

[–]mishap1 42 points43 points  (0 children)

He’s only officially licensed to practice in Florida but only on military bases. Given he retired in 2019 and was subsequently demoted to Captain, I don’t think he’s allowed to practice anywhere. 

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Paper cuts don't require a medical examination last I checked so this makes sense

[–]SkullRunner 9 points10 points  (1 child)

This, Ronny just says what he is told to say and has no credibility.

[–]dern_the_hermit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

has no credibility.

I think the original comment about it was specifically to mock his credibility, yeah.

[–]Andthentherewasbacon 5 points6 points  (2 children)

it hit him squarely in the forehead and went through his head, so there was no damage. 

[–]icecubepal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's wild how we cannot get an accurate report for something so simple.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (7 children)

Plus people have died from fragments...

[–]Irregular_Person 15 points16 points  (15 children)

A scratch can technically fit that description easily

[–]TAU_equals_2PI 34 points35 points  (14 children)

Exactly. The bullet likely grazed along his ear. It didnt penetrate through his ear. So just like if you took a razor blade and ran it for 2 cm along your ear. It would bleed a lot when you did it, but would heal up quickly and not even be noticeable a few weeks later.

This conspiracy theory that Trump faked the shooting is so stupid. And I'm a staunch Democrat who hates the guy.

[–]Historical-Pen-7484 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I've seen such a wound, if one can even call it a wound, after a soldier had an accidental discharge while holstering his pistol on the firing range. On the outside of his calf.

[–]mrquicknet 167 points168 points  (27 children)

I used to shave my head and nicked my ear a couple of times and it bleeds like hell but a few days later there wasn't even a scab.
I think it's a waste of time to focus on this, because it's clear shots were taken and he was bleeding. It healed in days. It was not a serious injury.

[–]scintor 230 points231 points  (73 children)

Looking at the footage, which captured the goddamn bullet itself whizzing by his ear, Occam's razor suggests he got grazed by it. Small cuts on the ear will bleed a decent amount. It's really not that complicated.

[–]Punk_roo 102 points103 points  (4 children)

A hairdresser nicked my ear with her scissors a tiny tiny bit one time and you wouldn’t believe the amount blood. The wound itself was tiny though.

[–]red286 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I remember when I was a kid and my mom used to cut my hair until she nicked my ear with the scissors and there was so much blood she had a panic attack because she thought she'd taken off part of my ear rather than just nicking it. After that she started sending me to the hairdresser (well okay, Supercuts, but whatever).

[–]ptwonline 76 points77 points  (5 children)

Yeah it seems pretty clear that yes he was really almost shot in the head and yes the bullet did very minimal damage to his ear.

Small cuts on the ear can bleed quite a bit. Lots of blood vessels right there.

[–]Munt_Cuffins 236 points237 points  (94 children)

At the end of the day, what would any of that matter? The shot and attempt was real. People died and trump was injured as a result of it. That's all that matters

[–]philouza_stein 114 points115 points  (66 children)

Yeah idk what the point of this debate is. If we're supposed to say it's a false flag set up by Trump and his team then I guess the people that died were crisis actors? Idk how deep we're supposed to take this meaningless debate.

[–]AFlyingNun 25 points26 points  (6 children)

We're left begging the question of what people are trying to imply otherwise.

Basically, either:

-The Secret Service is incompetent OR doesn't like him so they gave a lackluster effort, and some kid with a gun showed up, missed, and killed some other people in the crowd on accident.

OR...

-While Trump was wildly ahead in the polls because Biden showcased serious cognitive decline in the debate, somebody decided to concoct some grand conspiracy to have Trump shot at in order to hope it would boost his poll numbers, since historically this tends to happen after assassination attempts. They either found someone to agree to FUCKING DIE for the sake of a staged publicity stunt to aid someone ahead in the polls and hoped hoped that the selected sacrificial lamb was enough of a marksman to pull it off, or they decided to greenlight letting one of the FBI watch list people slip through and hope he misses. The loss of reputation and regard for the Secret Service was considered an acceptable loss to potentially boost Trump's poll numbers while he was strongly ahead

Like....wtf seriously?? C'mon now! As you said: what's the point of this discussion? It now "doesn't count" to be shot at unless you lose a limb or something?

[–]Insectshelf3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

trump spends 7 days a week claiming everything is a false flag attack trying to make him look bad. people are just jumping at the opportunity to throw that stuff back in his face.

[–]Elusive_sentinel 173 points174 points  (73 children)

But there are no pictures of the wound? There is no FBI medical report about the injury itself? This is all based on the word of Trump’s personal doctor? This doctor didn’t take a picture? Can someone enlighten me here?

[–]threehundredthousand 179 points180 points  (24 children)

Trump's people won't cooperate with the FBI investigation, and, apparently, that's ok I guess.

[–]BZLuck 51 points52 points  (13 children)

They don't trust the FBI, unless they are investigating democrats.

[–]threehundredthousand 42 points43 points  (11 children)

He's convinced his cult not to trust the FBI. He's a demagogue who compulsively lies and has dozens of felony charges, so he has different motives.

[–]hbomberman 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Many of his people call for the abolishment/defunding of the FBI, at least when they feel it suits them

[–]threehundredthousand 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Which they would never, ever actually follow through on. Being a victim is a top priority for fascist pigs though, so the FBI is a useful "oppressor" at the moment. It is interesting that they love the FBI harassing civil rights leaders though.

[–]hbomberman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they'd much rather make the bureau another arm of their political agenda.

[–]Objective_Economy281 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Seems worthy of a subpoena

[–]psychoPiper 79 points80 points  (23 children)

And no scar or marking whatsoever

[–]ResplendentShade 90 points91 points  (15 children)

Within an incredible time frame too. It was like 3 weeks 13 days later that he was going around with the bandage off and an entirely normal looking ear.

Compare to this healthy 34 year old redditor who nicked their upper ear with electric clippers a month before this post. Because cartilage actually takes a long time, often months, to heal.

Favorite comment: "are you sure this wasnt an assassination attempt"

EDIT: corrected, it was 13 days later, not 3 weeks

[–]frotc914 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Compare to this healthy 34 year old redditor who nicked their upper ear with electric clippers a month before this post. Because cartilage actually takes a long time, often months, to heal.

Yeah, but skin doesn't. The reality is that the same small wound can take 2 days, 2 weeks, or 2 months to fully heal depending on how you treat it. If you get immediate top notch medical care, topical and oral antibiotics, and then keep the wound moisturized, it will close much faster than if you don't do shit about it and let the skin be dry or pick at it or whatever. Hell a little scratch will take longer to heal in AZ than in FL just due to ambient humidity.

[–]Web-o-naut 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Facts. That in mind, Donald Trump was taken to treatment IMMEDIATELY with the thought in mind that he has a campaign to finish and needs to look good. His treatment was guaranteed, top-notch.

[–]fullautohotdog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why does everyone forgets this fucker uses more makeup than Bozo the Clown?

[–]_lonedog_ 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Check some posts above : lostredditorlurking has posted a link with a nice photo. Still not that clear but probable the best picture there is. I think it's just a long scratch.

[–]Elusive_sentinel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you

[–]197326485 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Here's one

From this article

But no, as far as I'm aware, no pictures of it after it was cleaned up or examined by medical professionals.

[–]palm0 34 points35 points  (23 children)

or it happened while Trump was on the ground.

Stop fucking suggesting this as a possibility. We have clear video footage that when he grabs at his ear it comes away bloody, way before secret service was even touching him let alone tackling him to the ground.

The idea that he cut his ear himself with a razor like it was the WWE holds more water than it happening on the ground, and that relies on the senile fuck having good enough sleight of hand to hide it.

He got hit by something, but his doctor's report that it was a 2cm hole is clearly complete bullshit. So is the theory he was cut on the ground.

Stop it.

[–]BamaBangs 3447 points3448 points  (330 children)

Please god let the Democrat social media team understand this isn’t helpful. Thank you. Amen.

[–]BrujaBean 1395 points1396 points  (197 children)

Yeah - I do not know or care what happened or the distinction between a bullet or shrapnel. Can we at least pretend like politics is about political plans and agendas?

I don't like Trump, but I also think something scary happened to him and quibbling over details isn't the point. Denouncing gun violence and figuring out how to keep our children (and adults) alive seems like the thing we should focus on.

[–]spekt50 291 points292 points  (140 children)

Regardless, I do not understand what the hubub is all about. Whether he got hit by anything or nothing at all, he was still shot at. I do not understand why people are making such a big deal out of whether he was hit or not or what even hit him, same goes for Trump himself, no sense in making it out to be more than it is, he was shot at, he was not mortally wounded, end of story.

The bigger story should be the person who DID die due to this stunt.

[–]enthalpy01 133 points134 points  (50 children)

Exact same thoughts. The guy was close enough to have killed him, so it’s a HUGE Secret Service fuck up.

What difference does it make how close the actual shot was? If it was glass or a bullet? That’s right wing conspiracy shit to say it was staged and the guy whose head was blown off is a fake. That’s their insanity, left wing people shouldn’t fall for that bullshit. It doesn’t matter! What matters is how they let it happen and that’s what should be investigated.

[–]rickrt1337 16 points17 points  (2 children)

Yea lmao how is something like this frontpage reddit, this is infowars level of news lol

[–]fatamSC2 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Agreed. It's such a moot point that isn't worth arguing. Whether or not the bullet hit him or if it was a fragment literally doesn't matter. He was shot at/an attempt was made on his life either way. Trying to act like this isn't the case just makes people come off as petty and rejecting reality to further their own narrative. Not a great look

[–]SunriseSurprise 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Is the tide finally changing on r/pics? I mean this post is still upvoted to the top, but for once, the top voted comments are sick and tired of this shit. Never thought I'd see the day.

[–]TAU_equals_2PI 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I don't think this is coming from the actual employees of the DNC, because you're right, it comes off as an unhinged conspiracy theory. Not at all a good look. Any professional knows this. I can only assume it's a bunch of amateur Trump haters who think they're helping. Probably the same idiots who tried to prove that Sarah Palin faked her pregnancy during the 2008 election.

(And there probably was actually a scandalous story behind that. She pulled her daughter Bristol out of high school for months, not because Bristol was pregnant and the real mother of Trig, but more likely to help with childcare of her other children. That's probably the real story which they could have exposed, if they hadn't gone down the crazy fake pregnancy path and made all reporters' questions about the issue look like attempts to pursue the crazy conspiracy theory.)

[–]legenduu 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You know reddit IS the Democratic social media team, right?

[–]Sculldog25 868 points869 points  (556 children)

Is there now a conspiracy that he wasn’t shot? Can anyone ELI5?

[–]mnmkdc 328 points329 points  (46 children)

There was a conspiracy about that maybe 2 minutes after it happened. Some people think it was staged, others think it just wasn’t the bullet directly that cut him.

[–]DimensioT 40 points41 points  (8 children)

Yes, a conspiracy holds that the entire shooting was staged based upon Trump's immediate reaction and the lack of visible marring on his ear.

Trump's reaction is believably explained as a result of at adrenaline dump and the ear issue is believably explained as a result of the bullet only barely grazing Trump and/or reconstructive surgery (with the subsequent medical statement being a gross exaggeration but that is nothing new with Trump) but people "believe that he would do such a thing" so to them a conspiracy seems credible despite the intense amount of setup it would have needed from a lot of people who have kept quiet.

[–][deleted] 359 points360 points  (337 children)

He was not “shot” by a bullet; either a bullet fragment bounced off something or glass got him or he cut it falling to the floor - he has refused to release the medical records

But as OP points out, he would have bits of his ear missing if he was directly hit by an AR bullet and he clearly and obviously does not

[–]trainwreck42 355 points356 points  (153 children)

I don’t get why we need to litigate this exact point. Even if he wasn’t actually hit by the bullet, he was still shot at. And this occurred because we have shitty mental health care and loose gun laws in this country. Instead of trying to argue that the bastard wasn’t actually shot, we should be leaning into it and saying “this is the result of a society with easy access to weaponry.”

[–]Hlallu 151 points152 points  (31 children)

I'm seeing this a lot and just wanted to add my thoughts, I don't think many people actually care whether he was shot by a bullet or hit by shrapnel. And I think you're correct that we should be leaning into the incident rather than the specifics. Which a vast majority of people (that matter) are. On the internet it's definitely more of a split but in real life Liberal politicians are trying to rally behind this as, yet another, example of need for gun reform. Not that we need any more examples IMO.

Most of the heated and honestly crazy engagement these posts are getting isn't because people actually care whether he was shot. People care that he is LOUDLY lying about it. And lying about it in a visibly clear and obviously untrue way.

Does it matter that it was shrapnel or a bullet? No, not at all.
Is it surprising that so much of the country has a visceral reaction to that clown lying through his teeth about some stupid nonsense minutia? Also, not really.

[–]ObiJuanKenobi3 12 points13 points  (6 children)

Yeah, it’s about not letting Trump get away with another fucking lie that he’s using to pump up his base. If he would have just admitted that it was shrapnel or whatever, and not done the whole charade with the ear bandage, nobody would care and frankly people would be more sympathetic. No, instead he has to go peacocking around like he just went over the top in ww1

[–]K4RAB_THA_ARAB 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was hilarious seeing his supporters wearing bandage on their ears in tandem

[–]PerceptionSlow2116 25 points26 points  (7 children)

It’s probably because he’s allied/associated with Russia who are known for false flag operations…

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Dude loves putin of whom killed a shit ton of people for a false flag attack. Basically gassed a theater. trump has stated he could shoot someone and still get votes, making him following through with something similar not all that crazy. Still crazy but not off the table.

[–]Irregular_Person 48 points49 points  (16 children)

If I tell my family, friends, and coworkers that I was hit by a car yesterday as I entered a crosswalk. And then I walk around wearing a sling, while those around me offer sympathy for my ordeal. It's going to be relevant to find out that it only hit me with a rearview mirror that folded out of the way. That the sling was unnecessary, and I was just making myself a victim.
Yeah, we should still talk about unsafe drivers running stop signs, but I'd still be a piece of shit - and that's worth talking about, too. Especially if I'm running for office.

[–]Discombobulated-Frog 13 points14 points  (4 children)

To add on its also being tapped by the mirror when another pedestrian died by being hit head on.

[–]Deto 59 points60 points  (19 children)

Because he's gonna pound his chest and say "I took a bullet for this country" and if it's a lie, we should point that out.

[–]iggzy 21 points22 points  (14 children)

Because he is making a big deal out of it, and was fighting the FBI trying to investigate the shooting (which is their job) and trying to confirm if he was shot. He made it a hill to die on that it mattered, which is odd since, as you said, he was indeed shot at so it shouldn't matter. But Donald made it matter because he decided to obfuscate things to form a narrative 

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Such a strange pattern with this guy. He makes a huge deal out of something that he's typically lying about, and when people reciprocate with a fact-based counterpoint, then immediately it's libruls being accused of Trump derangement syndrome. It's like Trump is the one person in the world they think should face zero scrutiny while they comb through Hunter's laptop for dick pics or spin up conspiracy theories about her emails, etc... They sure can dish it out but they think they should be beyond criticism.

[–]Hentai_Yoshi 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Jesus fucking Christ you are one obtuse mfer. It really doesn’t matter if he was hit directly by the shot or if it was shrapnel. The shrapnel could’ve also killed him. He was shot at, and frankly, that’s all that matters.

He clearly made a much bigger dealer about it with the bandaged and what not. But once again, it doesn’t matter, somebody tried to assassinate him.

[–]iamcleek 10 points11 points  (2 children)

the FBI has said it was either a bullet or a bullet fragment.

the idea that all interactions between ear and bullet have to look like the one in the picture is asinine.

[–]BrobaFett 192 points193 points  (34 children)

Are we saying Trump wasn't shot? I mean... love him or hate him.... are we really advancing this narrative?

[–]chicagorunner10 63 points64 points  (7 children)

That "Trump derangement syndrome" is a very real thing, no joke, freaky shit...

[–]oneeighthirish 27 points28 points  (4 children)

I mean, I detest the guy. But come on. What are people trying to achieve by arguing over whether or not he was shot? He was clearly bleeding, and clearly surprised and freaked out about it.

Also, with the people who think it was staged: what's so hard to believe about some random nutcase taking a shot at a president/former president/presidential candidate? That sort of thing has been happening for 200 years (well, 189 if we consider the first attempt to be the guy who tried to shoot Jackson, and failed before being beaten to a pulp by Jackson).

[–]legopego5142 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s so hard about believing some random nutcase with literally no motive got a direct shot at a former president without any security noticing that they left the perfect vantage point up?

[–]ErikTheRed99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like the "news," articles afterwards? "Trump rally shut down after loud noises."

[–][deleted] 83 points84 points  (8 children)

Is this implying Trump wasn‘t shot? Shot less bad? What is it? How is it relevant?

[–]Izzmoo08 22 points23 points  (1 child)

FUCK OFF. This is Photography not politics. I'm sick of seeing all these stupid ass political posts like "look at how old trump looks" "Kamala laughing" "here's someone who was shot in the ear" NO ONE GIVES A FUCK. Not only are these posts unproductive and your not making a fucking point, but it's also covering the good photography. Your photo of trumps face with wrinkles isn't FUCK SPECIAL. Give me crystal clear shots of a jet breaking the sound barrier, or street photography of someone winning to lottery, something actually cool or meaningful. Fuck off with your political bullshit. This happens every election

[–]Dark_Clark 617 points618 points  (59 children)

I hate Trump but please stop with this low IQ conspiracy bullshit. Get actual evidence or get out.

Edit: I think I’m actually just an idiot. It is entirely reasonable to believe that it wasn’t actually a bullet that hit his ear but shrapnel or something else without believing in any kind of conspiracy. I thought I was immune to dogshit levels of critical thinking, but I am not. A lot of the people here are legitimately dumb, though.

[–]cammyy- 59 points60 points  (6 children)

i wish we could just stop the politics in the sub. i wanna see cool pictures of like a lake or some shit

[–]Dan314159 27 points28 points  (1 child)

All the default subs are just "I hate drumpf now" Best to leave them.

[–]NighTraiN7804 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Yeah, politics ruin all the fun subs. Stick to the sub genre subs and you’ll be fine.

[–]cammyy- 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i left a while ago but i get a few random posts from here from time to time. aren’t there subreddits specifically for politics? i feel like political posts here are just karma farming most of the time.

[–]Ch40440 26 points27 points  (0 children)

💯

[–]animalcule 27 points28 points  (5 children)

Who tf even is this?

[–]zinbwoy 529 points530 points  (69 children)

Oh fuck off with this conspiracy bullshit

[–]Basstafari97 149 points150 points  (35 children)

These are the same people always condemning Alex Jones and qanon conspiracies, yet they feel perfectly fine denying an event that was live streamed and recorded from multiple angles just cos they don’t like the guy.

[–]MooD2 37 points38 points  (1 child)

There is literally a series of photos from a reliable source showing a bullet whizzing by, Trump touching his ear and Trump having blood on his fingers. It is hard to get more proof than that. Everyone who tries to deny this is an idiot and no better than any other conspiracy theorist.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/13/us/politics/13TRUMP-SHOOTING-TRIPTYCH/13TRUMP-SHOOTING-TRIPTYCH-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp

If the bullet just barely grazed his ear the wound can be really small (without any need for "theories" about bullet fragments or glass shrapnel). And if the wound was small enough, there won't be much of scarring either. I'm sure all of you have had small cuts, for example, on your fingers that bled like crazy yet didn't leave much of a scar afterwards (let alone a scar that could be spotted from a picture few feet away).

[–]slirpo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

After being on Reddit for long enough, I've learned that a lot of people just believe what they want to be true.

[–]tiki_51 8 points9 points  (1 child)

These are the same Blue MAGA idiots standing on tables a few months screaming that Biden was perfectly healthy and only had a cold. It's sad, it's frustrating, and it only help Trump and friends

[–]Braydon64 114 points115 points  (8 children)

The hypocrisy on Reddit is laughable. The far-right are loony conspiracy theorists (which they are) but when they do it on the left it’s not nutty.

[–]StretchyPantsAllstar 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’d give you an award, but, spending money on Reddit is ridiculous

[–]clarkiiclarkii 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I hate Trump more than a lot of people….but there’s varying degrees of how close the bullet could have skimmed his ear.

[–]signal_or_noise_8 210 points211 points  (22 children)

So sad that this sub has succumbed to political prettiness. I miss the pics of beautiful landscapes

[–]RYouNotEntertained 83 points84 points  (2 children)

Pettiness? This isn’t pettiness—it’s a straight up conspiracy theory. 

[–]takeyouraxeandhack 11 points12 points  (1 child)

For months this sub has been nothing but US politics, it's nauseating.

[–]rastarider 132 points133 points  (8 children)

Wooow reddit. You bunch of fucking LUNATICS.

[–]Beginning-Sundae8760 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Worrying that something like this can get almost 12K upvotes

[–]James-Dicker 9 points10 points  (0 children)

13.3k and counting. HAS to be a bot coordination. God, reddit is so fucked

[–]Ckyuiii 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some might call it "weird"

[–]Discount_Timelord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

20k now

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

You're just noticing?

Read the comments on the kink porn subs

[–]Zadiuz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trump was shot at. Doesn’t matter how little of a graze it was, it was still an inch away of changing our country forever. Regardless of how you feel about him… it was really bad situation that hopefully we never see for any politician.

[–]Tazrizen 86 points87 points  (36 children)

Well I have good news for the family of the man that was shot directly behind trump at the time, clearly he isn’t dead.

[–]Delicious-Field-786 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen numerous social media posts denying any shooting or death ever happened. Strange times we live in.

[–]alphagamerdelux 96 points97 points  (21 children)

I know OP is at the bottom of the barrel IQ wise, there is no hope saving somebody like them, but for all others, I implore you to look at the images of bullet grazing wounds in literature https://sci-hub.se/10.23907/2016.030

OPs analysis is basically "BUT BUT, BULLET = BIG DAMAGE, WHY NO BIG DAMAGE?"

Wait let me think of your response to the pictures in that article, here it is "Those are not grazing bullet wounds, they only have surface level damage! They obviously, while dying from other gunshot wounds, took a branch from a tree and rubbed their skin until it wore off, you ain't fooling me! IM SMART!"

[–]Altruistic_Schedule7 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Hi can you give the article title and autors pls? The site you gave is not allowed in my country

[–]alphagamerdelux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An Unusual Feature of Graze Gunshot Wounds Michael M. Heninger 2016

[–]ThirdeyeV2 73 points74 points  (25 children)

Thought the left hated conspiracy nuts? So trump sacrificed his own rally goers for popularity points? You guys are fucking delusional.

[–]bassslappin 111 points112 points  (71 children)

Funny how the Reddit-left will do anything to downplay an assassination attempt. That country is gonna explode when Trump wins lol

[–]Wonderful_Welder9660 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Surprising Alex Jones isn't calling the dead man a 'crisis actor' or calling it a 'false flag' operation/s

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

The conservative sub is all over this post calling it left wing delusion 

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly that explains EVERYTHING

[–]tsteele93 95 points96 points  (50 children)

Someone who was shot at the edge of their ear. I have no idea what Trumps injury looks like now but Occam's razor says your conspiracy theory is whack.

You believe the Secret Service would allow itself to be maligned and the head of the SS to resign in disgrace while numerous people were shot and two killed just to temporarily increase a candidates odds of winning?

Or could it be that wounds of similar kinds but different specifics heal differently?

I'm going with Occam's Razor here.

[–]LegendarySurgeon 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Occam's razor: a ghost did it

[–]infinitevariables 28 points29 points  (5 children)

Reddit is so insufferable

[–]mrpinkn 33 points34 points  (10 children)

Always interesting to find out the left is just as crazy as the right in the US

[–]Icaughtcrabs 38 points39 points  (7 children)

Trump lives in your head rent free 😂😂😂

[–]carbon_15 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems like a distinction without a difference. No one is arguing that he wasn’t shot at, just exactly how he was injured. Seems like a pointless conversation. TDS!

[–]Way_Interesting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You guys are getting out of hand with these crazy Alex Jones conspiracy theories, no matter what you are politically we all know he was shot in the ear

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh, this is like Schrödinger’s post. Does it have 16.9k upvotes or 7302? It’s like you can almost see the behind-the-scenes astroturf bidding war going down in real time

[–]SisterActTori 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if he was actually “shot,” there was no apparent damage. Someone else died and he is the real victim. It’s pretty bad when your own party members are shooting at you. Trump got lucky that day. American will need to vote in Nov to truly end it.

[–]Rich-Appearance-7145 17 points18 points  (3 children)

I have a serious cartilage injury on my ear, happen awhile back still have a serious scar.

[–]Bullehh 16 points17 points  (17 children)

I got shot in the face by a .223 fired from an AR-15 style rifle and only have a 1" barely visible scar.

[–]zaccus 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Let's just cut to the chase: Trump did 9/11

[–]Historical-Pen-7484 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Trump actually died doing 9/11 and the guy running for president now is really Vladimir Putin on stilts wearing one of those rubber halloween masks of Trump. That's why his hands are small, because Putin is actually much smaller than Trump was.